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Predators of the water rail include a number of mammals and large birds. The American mink was partly responsible for the extinction of the Icelandic population,[ and cats and dogs have also been recorded as killing this species.][ At least locally, [[European otter|otters]] will also eat rails and other water birds.][ The Eurasian bittern, another reed bed bird, will consume rails,][ as will [[grey heron]]s.][ Water rails are particularly vulnerable to the heron when forced out of the cover of the reeds by very high tides.][ Wetland-hunting [[harrier (bird)|harriers]] are predictable predators,][ but more unusually, the rail has also been recorded as a prey item of the [[tawny owl]],][ [[short-eared owl]],][ [[Eurasian eagle-owl]],][ [[greater spotted eagle]],][ [[common kestrel]],][ and night-hunting [[peregrine falcon]]s.] |
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Predators of the water rail include a number of mammals and large birds. The American mink was partly responsible for the extinction of the Icelandic population,[ and cats and dogs have also been recorded as killing this species.][ At least locally, [[European otter|otters]] will also eat rails and other water birds.][ The Eurasian bittern, another reed bed bird, will consume rails,][ as will [[grey heron]]s.][ Water rails are particularly vulnerable to the heron when forced out of the cover of the reeds by very high tides.][ Wetland-hunting [[harrier (bird)|harriers]] are predictable predators,][ but more unusually, the rail has also been recorded as a prey item of the [[tawny owl]],][ [[short-eared owl]],][ [[Eurasian eagle-owl]],][ [[greater spotted eagle]],][ [[common kestrel]],][ and night-hunting [[peregrine falcon]]s.] |
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Parasites include the [[sucking louse|sucking lice]] ''[[Nirmus cuspidiculus]]'' and ''[[Pediculus ralli]]'',[ the [[tick]] ''[[Ixodes frontalis]]'',][ and the [[Hippoboscidae|louse fly]] ''[[]Ornithomyia avicularia]]''.[ The water rail can be infected by the [[avian influenza]] virus][ and the [[bacterium]] ''[[Borrelia burgdorferi]]'', carried by ''[[Ixodes]]'' ticks, which is also a human [[pathogen]] causing [[Lyme disease]].][ Three [[louse|lice]], ''[[Fulicoffula rallina]]'', ''[[Pseudomenopon scopulacorne]]'' and ''[[Rallicola]] [[Rallicola cuspidatus|cuspidatus]]'' discovered on dead water rails in 2005 on the [[Faroe Islands]] were all species that had not been found on the [[archipelago]] previously.][ The [[Cyclocoelidae|parasitic flatworm]] ''[[Ophthalmophagus nasciola]]'' was found in one rail's nasal [[sinus (anatomy)|sinus]],][ and at least three species of [[feather mite]] have been detected on the plumage.][ The louse ''[[Philopterus ralli]]'' and the [[nematode]] ''[[Strongyloides avium]]'' have been found on the closely related [[brown-cheeked rail]] ''R. a. indicus''.] |
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Parasites include the [[sucking louse|sucking lice]] ''[[Nirmus cuspidiculus]]'' and ''[[Pediculus ralli]]'',[ the [[tick]] ''[[Ixodes frontalis]]'',][ and the [[Hippoboscidae|louse fly]] ''[[Ornithomya avicularia]]''.][ The water rail can be infected by the [[avian influenza]] virus][ and the [[bacterium]] ''[[Borrelia burgdorferi]]'', carried by ''[[Ixodes]]'' ticks, which is also a human [[pathogen]] causing [[Lyme disease]].][ Three [[louse|lice]], ''[[Fulicoffula rallina]]'', ''[[Pseudomenopon scopulacorne]]'' and ''[[Rallicola]] [[Rallicola cuspidatus|cuspidatus]]'' discovered on dead water rails in 2005 on the [[Faroe Islands]] were all species that had not been found on the [[archipelago]] previously.][ The [[Cyclocoelidae|parasitic flatworm]] ''[[Ophthalmophagus nasciola]]'' was found in one rail's nasal [[sinus (anatomy)|sinus]],][ and at least three species of [[feather mite]] have been detected on the plumage.][ The louse ''[[Philopterus ralli]]'' and the [[nematode]] ''[[Strongyloides avium]]'' have been found on the closely related [[brown-cheeked rail]] ''R. a. indicus''.] |
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